NFL focusing on Chicago, New York or LA to host 2015 NFL Draft
The 2015 draft might not be held in New York. (USATSI) More NFL offseason: League minicamp dates | Latest news, notesWhen NFL commissioner Roger Goodell mentioned that the league was thinking about moving the location of the draft, a dozen cities expressed an interest in hosting the NFL's biggest offseason event.
Those 12 cities have now been narrowed down to three finalists, and either New York, Chicago or Los Angeles will host the 2015 NFL Draft, according to NFL.com.
If the league decides to hold the draft in New York again, the event won't he held at Radio City Music Hall. Instead, the draft would be held at Madison Square Garden, a venue that hasn't hosted the draft since 2004. According to NFL.com, the decision was made because RCMH won't be available in April or May 2015.
Goodell hinted last month that a move from Radio City Music Hall would probably happen.
'We're looking at the idea of that we move out of Radio City. We're looking at the potential of moving out of New York,' Goodell said. 'Radio City's been a great place for us but there's a lot of cities that are interested in having us in the future and we're looking at that. The two most aggressive probably are Chicago and Los Angeles but we've heard from a few more mayors also.'
The NFL commissioner also hinted at a four-day draft, something that's looking more and more likely. According to NFL.com, the league is focusing two possible timeframes for the draft: Either April 22-25 or April 29-May 2. Both of those dates are four-day windows that run from Wednesday thru Saturday.
The NFL expects to make the final decision on which city will host the draft sometime this summer.
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